BYOD in Bloom, Says Survey
A Cisco survey reveals strong desire for BYOD programs and clear productivity gains. But resist BYOD mandates because love of corporate devices still burns.
9 Steps to Build Your Personal Brand
Competition in the tech jobs industry is fierce, so how do you differentiate yourself from the pack? Creating a personal brand is the best place to start.
Google announced a number of innovative new products and services at its 2013 Google I/O developer conference this week. CIO.com's Al Sacco spotlights the news that matters most to non-developers and everyday Google users.
Windows 8 won't be adopted as a standard at your business anytime soon, according to a new Forrester report. But that doesn't mean IT shouldn't prepare for it to sneak through the BYOD side door. Here are five ways to be ready for Windows 8.
Healthcare is rapidly moving toward a patient-centric care model. To meet this demand, EHR systems ought to be mobile, modular and easy to use. Patients, meanwhile, need an experience that reminds them of online banking.
Gmail's newest features include ways to search for old emails, quickly add meetings to your calendar, send large files and more. Here's a look at five of Google's latest email features to help you make the most of the Web-based service.
These brands offer simple, sometimes unorthodox examples of ways to connect with your customers without spending advertising dollars. Their innovation earns them a spot in CIO.com's Content Marketing Hall of Fame.
Healthcare IT is becoming one of the fastest growing areas in the job market as health service providers rush to get compliant and adopt new technologies.
In a perfect world promoting internally is a good way to lower costs, create a talent pipeline and build morale. However, in the real world, you must weigh those benefits against the need to get the right skillset for the job.
Have some business travel planned? Get ready to put on a happy face, chat strangers up and expand your professional circle at the next conference or seminar. Here are some trusty iPhone apps to help you network.
Should we fear the rise of robots? From pharmacists to fast food cooks, here's a look at 10 advancements in technology that could put you out of work.
Just because you're not actively looking for a job is no reason to neglect your resume. In a fluctuating market the rug can be pulled out from under even the most skilled IT pros, so it's always good to be prepared.
News
- Apple to Offer Its Nano-SIM Patents Royalty-Free
- What You Need to Know About 802.11ac
- Tips for Buying a Three-Stream Access Point
- Microsoft, Nokia Will Spend $24 Million on University Program to Boost App Development
- Apple's New IPad Clears China's Regulatory Hurdle
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- Are Tablets Inevitable As PC Replacements?
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
Applications
- Microsoft, Nokia Will Spend $24 Million on University Program to Boost App Development
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- 10 Questions for Scala CFO Anthony Maddalone
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Google Ends Chrome Search Rank Penalty Period
- SAS Promises Pervasive BI with New Tool
- Oracle Set to Update Analytics Strategy, Go After SAP Customers
- Wall Street Beat: Tech Bellwethers Offer View Into IT Trends
- Microsoft's Ads, Humor Boost Consumer Opinion of IE
Careers
- Tech Job Seekers Less Likely to Be Asked for Social-Media Passwords
- Indian, U.S. Firms Urge Obama Action on Visas
- Facebook and Senator Fire Back At Password Snooping Employers
- When Will the Offshore Flow of IT and Finance Jobs End?
- Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says
- 'NoOps' Debate Grows Heated
- New Verizon CEO Got $16 Million Pay Raise in 2011
- JOBS Act Would Revive Dot-Com Abuses, Official Claims
- How to Get a Hot Job in Big Data
- IT Skills Shortages Inside Companies Hamper Profitability, Productivity
Cloud Computing
- Microsoft Moves to Slow Google Apps
- Eclipse Readies Browser-Based IDE
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
- EBay CISO Receiving Security Industry Lifetime Achievement Award
- AWS Partners with Open-Source Private Cloud Provider Eucalyptus
- AWS Deal Improves Eucalyptus' Chances At Enterprises
- Figuring Out the Data Center Fabric Maze
- AMD's New CEO Likes Basketball and the Chip Maker's Future
- Cloud Security Registry Slow to Catch on
- Amazon Comes Out on Top in Cloud Data Transfer Speed Test
Data Center
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- Genealogists Excited for Release of 1940 Census, Family History Sites Prepare
- Figuring Out the Data Center Fabric Maze
- Nvidia Brings Console Gaming to Ultrabooks with New GPU
- Quantum Unveils Enterprise-Class Cloud Backup Services
- With Tech Breakthrough, Seagate Promises 60TB Drives This Decade
- AMD Reaches for the Cloud with New Server Chips
- China'S Huawei Eyes Bigger Share of Server Market with New Tecal V2 Products
- Linux 3.3 Released, Integrates Android Code
Mobile
- Apple to Offer Its Nano-SIM Patents Royalty-Free
- Hold the Phone: Retailers Eye Payments Via Smartphone
- The Newspaper Industry Must Change, Or Become Yesterday's News
- New iPad: Three Strikes, But Not Out
- As Navigation Looks Indoors, New Uses Appear
- Symantec Details Mobile Device Management Plans
- Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows Phone
- 5 Business Analytics Tech Trends and How to Exploit Them
- Attacks in Android's Sideview Mirror Are Smaller Than They Appear
- LTE Phone Shipments to Increase Tenfold in 2012, Analysts Say
Social Media
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Facebook Password Requests From Employers Raise Ire of Lawmakers
- Facebook Privacy Debate a Passionate One
- On Facebook, Think Before You "Like"
- Facebook Tips to Make Password Privacy Issue a Non-Issue
- Tech Job Seekers Less Likely to Be Asked for Social-Media Passwords
- Facebook and Senator Fire Back At Password Snooping Employers
- 5 Business Analytics Tech Trends and How to Exploit Them
- Facebook Warns Employers Not to Ask Job Applicants for Log-in Credentials
- Dutch Judge: Companies Can Lay Off Employees Over Facebook Insults
Virtualization
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- The Pros and Cons of Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Cisco Offers Virtualized Video Surveillance
- VMware Eases Cloud Provisioning
- TuCloud Criticizes Microsoft, OnLive for Virtual Desktop Licensing Debacle
- Is Mobile Virtualization Ready for Your Business?
- Meru Unveils Virtualized WLAN Infrastructure
- 5 Ways to Prepare for Big Data With Scale-Out NAS
- Standardizing the Desktop
- ENNI Promises Painless Ethernet Connection to Carriers
Security
- Who Holds the Keys?
- Push Your Cloud Supplier to Participate in CSA STAR
- Disaster Recovery on Double Duty
- Facebook Scammers Host Trojan Horse Extensions on the Chrome Web Store
- Microsoft Leads Seizure of Zeus-Related Cybercrime Servers
- Facebook Password Requests From Employers Raise Ire of Lawmakers
- Facebook Privacy Debate a Passionate One
- Huawei Told Not to Apply for Australian Broadband Project
- On Facebook, Think Before You "Like"
- Facebook Tips to Make Password Privacy Issue a Non-Issue
Outsourcing
- Indian, U.S. Firms Urge Obama Action on Visas
- Helpdesk Outsourcing Quagmire At Heart of Whistleblower Lawsuit
- Texas Ousts IBM, Takes New IT Outsourcing Tack
- Offshoring Shrinks Number of IT Jobs, Study Says
- 9 IT Outsourcing RFP Response Red Flags
- Is Your Outsourcer Agile Enough
- Lessons Learned: Outsourcing Managed Network Services
- IT Service Providers and Customers Battle Over Data Breaches
- Anti-Offshoring Bill Scores 77 U.S. House Co-Sponsors
- IT Innovation "More Important Than Cost Cutting" - Ovum
Operating Systems
- Google Ends Chrome Search Rank Penalty Period
- Why Linux on the Desktop is Dead
- Microsoft's Ads, Humor Boost Consumer Opinion of IE
- Angry Birds Space Won't Fly on Windows Phone
- Attacks in Android's Sideview Mirror Are Smaller Than They Appear
- Windows 8 Preview Beats Windows 7 in Most Performance Tests
- Nonprofit Open Source Organizations Booming
- Windows 8 Tablet Displays Can Be As Crisp As Apple IPad's Retina
- The Pros and Cons of Using Virtual Desktop Infrastructure
- Windows 8 Bible: Your Complete Guide to the Upcoming Version of Windows
Data Center Definitions & Solutions
What is a data center? How are data centers managed? What data center technologies should I be aware of?
CIO 100 2012
The 2012 CIO 100 Awards honor 100 companies that are accelerating business results by innovating with technology. Find out who they are.
WAN consumption patterns have evolved from predictable, point-to-point transactions to bandwidth-hungry, always-on, many-to-many interactions. Unfortunately, very few organizations have taken a holistic, systems-based approach to the WAN.
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In this guide, we provide a list of questions you can use to evaluate the merits of providers and make a thoughtful decision.
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Increasing dependence on Cloud-based applications hosted in distant data centers makes the quality of backbone networks connecting them increasingly critical.
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In this whitepaper, Level 3 discusses 5 common datacenter networking challenges and how to solve for those issues
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Improving the performance of Cloud-delivered business apps is shaping the evolution of enterprise WANs. In this on-demand webinar, IDC analyst Melanie Posey gives insight into how network performance fuels Cloud-based app performance.
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Join JasonRose from SAP and Andrew Mills from FedEx in this webcast to learn about The Network of Truth - leveraging technologies that harness the opportunity and power of new information.
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This IT Transformation Knowledge Vault features 5-minute videos from CIOs and CSOs from a wide range of industries. Hear their insights on the CIO's changing role, ITaaS, mobility, social media and securing the right IT talent.
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Join us on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 11:00 AM EDT and learn how your agency can create an analytics culture that will enable you to improve budgeting and financial reporting. Learn More.
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The Future-State CIO®
The Future-State CIO® will be accountable for IT function success and business process transformation by adopting a more company-external focus and concentrating on using information to drive innovation and strategic advantage in pursuit of business goals. Learn more
EWIT Leadership Connection: Bringing a Strategic Focus to Your Role, May 30 Webcast
Pamela, founder of The Rucker Group and former vice president of IT at PSC, will share tips and experiences in building your strategic orientation competency, moving away from a pure operational focus, and recognizing when a strategic decision will ultimately change corporate direction for the better. Learn more
IT Leadership Journey Assessment
Assess IT's relationship with business leaders with this quick self-scoring assessment. In order for IT to become a strategic business driver and game changer, the technology organization must become a trusted partner and true business peer. Learn more
Kent State Deploys Hybrid, Multivendor Cloud Infrastructure
Ed Mahon, CIO at Kent State, shares ROI and lessons learned in this case study including what to do before you evaluate cloud prices and tips on how to reduce variations in cost between providers. Learn more
Creating Your Future-State IT Leadership Team Today
A recent survey by the CIO Executive Council reveals a fundamental disconnect between current IT proficiencies such as vendor partnering and future priorities. Take a closer look to understand which leadership skills are valued. Learn more
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